Honduras

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current aid programme to Honduras and the equivalent figure for each of the last 10 years; what participation the United Kingdom takes in the EC programmes that affect Honduras; and if he will make a statement.

The bilateral country programme runs at about £1 million a year; we provide disaster relief when appropriate; the Commonwealth Development Corporation invests in Honduras. Gross United Kingdom bilateral aid expenditure (including CDC) and the United Kingdom share of EC aid from 1980 to 1989 were as follows: